Thanks for a laugh. I found it interesting, too, that I have indeed
said many of these things.... see below:

The telephone is free if you wish to use it

....as opposed to your cell phone, where we pay for each text message!

Don't bother with the dishes, I'll do them later

....since I can't seem to drill into your head how to do them correctly
and I'll just end up re-doing them anyway!

I do wish the school wouldn't give you so much homework

No jokes here, this is sincerely how I feel

I like your friend with the nose stud and tattoos

....it's the preppy 13-year-old friend with the Mexican driver's license
and her own black BMW who scares me.

You're not coming in too early tonight are you?

....because I really, really want you to have fun with your friends (he
does now, didn't always...)

Just leave your dirty underwear on the floor

....as opposed to on my kitchen counter ;-)

I hope you enjoy the rest of the late-night film

....because it keeps you, my beloved night owl, relatively quiet so that
I can sleep on weekends.

I don't think the dog is ready for a walk yet

....since when you walk her, it riles both of you up so much that you're
bouncing off the walls for hours afterward.

Why don't you stay in bed a little longer this morning?

....please, please please so I can get some "me" time?

School holidays are a bit short this year.

....another one I've sincerely felt.

-Dawn
Mom to Henry, 13